After speaking with Westside residents, five social work students have identified that older adults have a hard time accessing fresh produce in their area due to the lack of big-chain supermarkets, said Ariday Avellaneda, one of the students on the research team.
Construction begins today on Long Beach’s first entirely ADA-accessible community garden, The Children’s Gateway Garden, at Cesar Chavez Park on the west side, with volunteers asked to visit this weekend to help build and plant.
Water-thirsty lawns are quickly becoming a thing of the past in Long Beach. We are now seeing yards that provide outdoor rooms for entertainment or meandering walkways surrounded by beautiful plants. Why? Because of a unique and very sustainable program Long Beach has designed to save water, which is quickly becoming a very precious resource. Southern Californians have survived periodic water shortages in the past by temporarily reducing water usage during the drought seasons. Because of the permanent decrease in imported water, the Long Beach residents now have a more permanent solution, thanks to our own water department.
